Next year, pilots will fly an aircraft around the world that is powered by four electric motors and 11,000 solar cells on its wings. “E-mobility,” said Ohlmann, “starts now.” ...

The modules provide solar power to a specially adapted Zenith 750 aircraft – the “electric Sky Jeep.” This prototype has a 30kWh battery, which is enough for a 30-minute flight. According to ...

A startup with offices in France and the US is on track to certify the first electric light jet designed for hydrogen ...

They could store more power than ever before, leading to planes like the Solar Impulse 2. Starting in 2015, the solar-powered aircraft spent 16 months flying around the world, except it flew at an ...

FAI celebrates today the 10th anniversary of the start of Solar Impulse’s historic round-the-world flight, the first-ever circumnavigation powered solely by solar energy. On 9 March 2015, the ...

With so many examples to look at, building a solar-powered RC airplane ... resulting in the airplane plummeting once primary power ran out. Fortunately, all of these are fixable issues, while ...

The Zephyr is not your usual aircraft. It only travels at 40mph, it is launched by hand and it is completely solar-powered. The unmanned craft flies high in the atmosphere, to avoid commercial air ...

1,000 Miles Of Electric Range Could Be Possible Soon Prioritizing aero efficiency, the Aptera’s airplane fuselage ... the ...

Soaring demand for electricity is leading some companies to not only think out of the box for a solution, but out of this ...